One of the uses of the WhatsApp status is to communicate your status or availability to your contacts , although it is increasingly used to communicate things, such as your mood, situation, write fragments of song lyrics, send hints to certain people and anything else . It is an option of the messaging app that is used a lot, although you may not know where the option to change it is located.
The truth is that it is much more useful than we can imagine and, unlike the new ones, it remains permanently until you change it. Also, when you put a new one, the date you changed it will appear so that people know when you have updated it. We tell you more about this function of the app, how to change it, how it differs from the new Status and much more. Keep reading.
Difference between the old and the new status
As you may have seen, currently the old status (now called Info) coexist with the new ones that have kept their name. Although both are created to communicate what you feel, your current situation, or something you want to tell, the new ones are more focused on graphics , in fact, the main option is to communicate with images (although it can already be done with text as in the above).
One of the main differences between them is that Info has an unlimited duration , until you change it, while Status have a maximum duration of 24 hours. Therefore, the use you give to one or the other may be different.
The main advantage of the latter is that you can publish more than one, unlike Info, where there is only one. While this is displayed in the person’s profile when you see your contacts or a specific one, the Status are seen in their own section.
Change my WhatsApp status (Info)
You may want to discover how to update it because you have never done it yet and you feel like it, because you haven’t done it for a long time or simply with the appearance of the new status, it has already lost a bit of its prominence and even its name. Now it’s called Info , and we’ll tell you how to access it and put whatever you want.
How to do it
If you have already decided that you want to change it, all you have to do is follow these steps:
- Click on 3 menu points (at the top right)
- Go to Settings
- Click on your image or name
- There you will see the Info option
- It is there where you must write what you want to put in the status
If you want to do it on WhatsApp Web, it’s even easier since you’ll see your photo at the top left of the page. If you click on it, you will see the new tab with your photo, name, Info and more. You give Info and you can change it. If you want to complicate it more, you can give the 3 points, then give Settings and then go over your profile image or name to access this option again.
What can I put in
In addition to those that may appear by default, such as Available, Busy, In theaters, Low Battery and others, you can include your own custom statuses. If you click on the top, where it says Current Info , you will find the one that is at that moment along with the image of a pencil . If you press there you can change it to the one you want.
You can put the message you want up to 139 characters , between letters and emoticons. As you write, it will indicate the characters you have left. You can write the status you are in, a famous phrase, a message for someone or whatever you want, with the limits indicated above. You will accompany him if you wish with WhatsApp emoticons .
Whenever you want, you can change it back to a new one written by you or press the ones that are already by default in select an option. If you hit any of them, the action is already confirmed. In addition, each new message you write, if you change it for another, you will have it to use on other occasions. If you give 3 points at the top you will eliminate them all and you will have to write them whenever you want depending on what you want to communicate.
This section cannot be left empty , so you’ll have to type something, even if it’s just a simple comma or period.
Although it is not a change of status, if you want to communicate something else you can take advantage of the characters you have in your name.
Set up your privacy
If you want to configure their privacy to control who sees them, it is as simple as following these steps:
- Go to the 3 points of the Menu
- Go to Settings
- Select the Account option
- Click on Privacy
- Give to Info
Press and select the option that interests you (be seen by everyone in Everyone , only be seen by people on your list in My Contacts , or not be seen by anyone in Nobody ).
Once you have made the selection you want and check that it is already configured, only the people you want will be able to see the status you write. Others will not see this option. Also, if you block a person they will not be able to see your Info or your profile picture, so in this case you will not have to do anything to configure so that this person does not see you since the blocked contacts will have minimal information about you.
What if I want to change the new Status?
If what you want is to change the new Status of the Application, the first thing you should know is that to change one for another, as there is no such option, you will have to delete the previous one and publish a new one. In case you do not want to delete it, there is always the option to wait for the 24 hours to pass and it will delete itself. If you want to delete the one you have at that moment, you can hit delete at any time. You will only have to open it and where you see the people who have seen it, click on the 3 menu points at the top right. You will see the option to delete.
If you want to keep the previous one and include a new one, you can do it, since more than one can be published at the same time .
We tell you how to add a new one. Open the app and go to the Status tab, next to Chats. If you hover over where it says My status and your photo you can select or take the photo you want to appear in it (you can also do it from the camera image in the bottom left of the page). If you want to create one with text , you will have to give the pencil image. There you can write what you want, add emoticons, change the font and the background color.
You can send the image you want (it will be sent automatically when you select it).
How to see the statuses of your contacts
You may want to see if your contacts have updated their information, what situation they are in, if they have sent any new messages or you simply want to see all the statuses in a single instant, to find out what’s new.
These will be seen in your contact list , just below your name. If you go there, you can do it from the green button at the bottom of the page, you will see all the information of your friends in the messaging app. You just have to scroll down to see everyone’s information.
It can also be seen in the contact file , if you open it, in the section that says Info and contact number. In addition, you will see the date it was published, in case you are interested in obtaining this information. This is interesting if you want to know specific information about a person. You can do this while you’re in conversation with the person or not. You open his chat, click on his name and a little below you will see this information.
Other people will be able to consult yours both from their contact list, if they have you in it, and in your “private” (if you have it, everyone can see it, even those who do not have you in their contact list). Of course, taking into account the privacy options that you have determined.
